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2022 Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Criminology is the 82nd most popular major in the country with 10,182 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, criminology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,583 and had an average of $24,397 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 848 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,657 and $23,916 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 83 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the criminology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree criminology students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Criminology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. The University of Texas at Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminology at The University of Texas at Dallas

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree criminology students whose families make more than $110k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Criminology Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Clear Lake. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UH Clear Lake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UH Clear Lake are $19,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #4 spot on the list. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s criminology degrees to qualified students.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Criminology at NAU

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Commerce, Texas, and it awarded 18 masters’s criminology degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Commerce not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M University - Commerce Criminology Report

#6 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Located in Kingsville, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Kingsville also took the #6 spot in our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Kingsville are $14,066, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Criminology at Texas A&M University - Kingsville

#7

Howard Payne University

Brownwood, Texas

Howard Payne University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Criminology Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Brownwood, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s criminology students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard Payne, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Howard Payne are $9,900.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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